diff --git a/Documentation/config-validation.txt b/Documentation/config-validation.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e8f52c2bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config-validation.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Gerrit Code Review - Commit Validation
+======================================
+
+Gerrit supports link:dev-plugins.html[plugin-based] validation of
+uploaded commits.
+
+This allows plugins to perform additional validation checks against
+uploaded commits, and send back a warning or error message to the git
+client.
+
+To make use of this feature, a plugin must implement the `CommitValidationListener`
+interface.
+
+
+GERRIT
+------
+Part of link:index.html[Gerrit Code Review]
+
diff --git a/Documentation/index.txt b/Documentation/index.txt
index 1fc24535f8..b0960990a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/index.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Configuration
 * link:config-hooks.html[Hooks]
 * link:config-mail.html[Mail Templates]
 * link:config-cla.html[Contributor Agreements]
+* link:config-validation.html[Commit Validation]
 
 Developer Documentation
 -----------------------